Their base space had been turned into someone else's stronghold, remodeled, and opened to the public.
The original plan to destroy the base spaces was also declared a complete failure.
Since Song-Liao had already been left intact, there was no need to destroy the other two base spaces from the same series, Song Jin and Song Meng. It would be more trouble than it was worth.
Originally, the Sino-Japanese Alliance had wanted to use this opportunity to deal with Beiyang, trading pieces with Beiyang's big shots to wear them down. The first few rounds had gone rather well, and Beiyang had suffered considerable losses every time.
Their foundation had already been weaker than theirs, and with this kind of attrition, they naturally wanted to drag things out as long as possible!
Yet the advantage they had built up was wiped out in a single wave, even plunging into the negative!
Whether strategically or tactically, it could only be described as a disastrous defeat with enormous losses.
The only consolation was that Dragon Soul and Beiyang must have used some of their most precious Authority Items to pull off something on such a scale. Their losses could not have been small either.
That was at least some small comfort amid the misfortune.
After the previous bloody war of attrition, where both sides had traded pieces, things temporarily calmed down again.
Too many designated authorities had been used before, and many members needed to enter a Punishment mission to tide them over.
Fortunately, no one died in Punishment missions.
However, because of the bloody lesson from the previous Punishment mission, every member about to enter one was repeatedly warned not to covet a momentary gain and end up weeping bitter tears...
"This time, both sides have a large number of Reincarnators